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| I am seriously happy about how everyone is receiving Ping Pong despite its art. I thought it was going to be one of those shows overlooked just because of the edgy animation. Anyway, great show 9/10 |
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| I loved everything about this episode/series. I loved how the match ended and how the characters ended up. |
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| Kaio Academy noticed Sakuma's "Himekawa" hairstyle. Hahaha! Really wished he made a return. Peco's "Thank you very much" as a kid was hilarious! Nice seeing how he used to protect Smile from his classmates. Smile vs. Peco was epic. That scene where Smile breaks off his robot shell was great. Liked how Peco didn't even hold back and continued & Smile rushed back immediately to resume playing! Smile tasting his blood was actually a classic symbolism of him not being a robot but actually a human. Nicely depicted. The conversation between the coaches outside was nice. How Koizumi wanted to play table tennis with that CEO guy again. Hahaha! That photograph of the ending ceremony with Peco being the winner & Smile and Kazama standing beside them was really awesome. Nice conversation between (grown up) Kazama and Smile. A little sad to know that both of them quit table tennis.. Well, still they're some great guys! Liked how Kazama asked him if he has a girlfriend and Smile was like, "Who knows?" XD Good to know Sakuma has settled down too. Really happy for Wenge and Peco, playing in the Olympics. Peco looks awesome with that new haircut! Great show! Epilogue was well fitted. An easy 9/10. Really loved it! |
VindstotJun 19, 2014 5:49 PM
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| It will be hard for anything to top this series this year. Absolutely amazing. |
| My reaction: My first 10/10 this year. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Probably the most underrated anime of the Spring season; realistic ping pong games, major character development, unique art style, and amusing music. The ending of it was pretty perfect for me, but I felt bad that Smile lost. This gives me a 9/10. |
| That was so good. Really liked how they did a quick time skip into the future. One of the AOTS for sure. Great series overall. Not sure if how I'm gonna rate it right now. Either 8 or 9. Also, top notch music, great sports matches and I really adored the watercolour art style. I'm curious, was this the way the manga ended? : o I don't think so because there was a dark skinned man during the match that wasn't really elaborated on... |
| I honestly cannot think of a legitimate reason this doesn't deserve a 9 or 10. I'm trying but I really can't think of anything outside of "oh it's just about ping pong" which imo is the lamest excuse ever. Excellent pacing, fantastic characters and great development, and the art style and animation both fit the expressive nature of the anime very well. And it culminated in one of the most cathartic endings I've ever seen in an anime. Outstanding |
| Also, yayyyyy 8.4 average score on MAL. Let's wait till it goes higher. :3 |
| After watching this episode, score got bumped to 9/10. I always found the animation the poor part of this show but after this episode I noticed the brilliance of this art style. They also summed up everything very nicely. Having played competitive table tennis, I truly appreciated this show so this anime will always remain one of my favorites and I will probably re-watch quite a few times. Even objectively speaking: story = great, music = excellent, animation = excellent, characters = excellent...I predict that this anime will be one of the top rankers in MAL. |
| Read the manga before but the anime is infinitely better. Good artstyle, Superb animation and soundtrack. 10/10 ... I freaking love this anime |
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| The way that Peco tried so hard as a kid to make Smile feel like a real human being was amazing... It was really touching ;~; I would've liked to see a little more of the match too but I really liked the ending. I hope Peco and Smile are still friends since their relationship really is special. Loved this anime, this season was during a really busy point in my life but this was pretty much the only anime I kept up with despite that. |
| Anime of the season, anime of the year, one of the best from all time... Savior of anime. Taiyo Matsumoto,why did you do THAT?! We want more, more, more, more, MORE! ... going to miss alot... <3 |
| I'm really curious to know why some people would rate this episode as a 3/5 or lower. :O |
| smile is crying at the end of the game its giving me a chill |
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| perfect ending, 10/10 for the series overall |
| I believe this is how you portray a bildungsroman in anime. Even though I like sports anime, this was different-- right up to the ending. It's not about sports, it's about the growth of these boys, main character, or not. Damn, so much character development. Good fucking delivery of the ending. Solid writing (dialogue and everything). Amazing animation style. 10. I was losing hope, but Yuasa (and i guess that dude who made this and tekkon kinkreet) never fails to remind me that anime is a medium, not some whackass shit. how am i gonna enjoy summer 2014 after this (i mean check out the anime for this summer... things will NOT be lively again) |
| Beautiful. It's been a while that I haven't updated my top 5 anime but have to do it for Ping Pong. |
| I'm going to miss this... 9/10 Just wonderful |
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| Yaaaas. 8.45 now |
| This was the best anime of this season without a doubt! Just so slept on here 9/10 I'm happy for Peco, Smile, Kazama and everybody else during the time skip! |
KvshiJun 19, 2014 8:30 PM
| The ending was perfect imo. I honestly couldn't ask for more out of such a fantastic series, I enjoyed the ride from beginning to end. Seeing the characters mature, their triumphs/failures, and seeing everything come full circle in these short 11 episodes was absolutely worth it. The animation was fantastic too but that's a given with a Yuasa Masaaki series. I can't wait to rewatch it. Definitely one of my favorite series this year so far. 9/10 |
Hitlariousnazi said: smile is crying at the end of the game its giving me a chill honestly, I initially want to post here "Cries sniff sniff" something like that but after reading your post I lost the will but I felt at ease about the anime after watching probably one the most beautiful anime endings of all time. thank you arigato to the people who supported and made this anime awesome. |
| I watched this 15 minutes ago and still getting goosebumps. This was definetely a show worth watching. |
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| Are people crying because of how epic it was? I thought it was a pretty happy ending for all of the characters. |
| I'm not big on time-skips, but that was still a disgustingly good finale. Thanks for delivering as only you can, Yuasa. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| For me it wasn't the epicnuss. It was the atmosphere. Reminded me of Mushishi. |
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| Episode 11 I was screaming like a little girl when this adaptation was announced, not actually knowing anything about the source material, just happy that I was finally getting another Yuasa-directed show. I'll have to look into some of Matsumoto's other stuff when I get a chance, because I couldn't be happier with this match made in heaven. While visually impressive and musically easy on the ears, what I liked the most was how the character relationships were so carefully constructed to form all these parallels and contrasts, but still felt quite natural and organic. With Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi recently starting up their own studio, hopefully this means there will be more to look forward to from them in the near future. 10/10 |
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| i love how almost nobody has anything bad to say. the only minor complaint i've seen is that we should have seen more of the match, which as fun as watching that could have been, there was only one episode left to wrap eveything up and i don't think they possibly could have handled it any better. |
brianwuzhere said: Woah, cool. This is the first I've heard about that. Source? (Not because I doubt you, but because I want to read about it.)With Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi recently starting up their own studio, hopefully this means there will be more to look forward to from them in the near future. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Post-Josh said: brianwuzhere said: Woah, cool. This is the first I've heard about that. Source? (Not because I doubt you, but because I want to read about it.)With Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi recently starting up their own studio, hopefully this means there will be more to look forward to from them in the near future. Good! |
| Candidate for AOTY 2014. 10/10 would watch again. |
Post-Josh said: brianwuzhere said: Woah, cool. This is the first I've heard about that. Source? (Not because I doubt you, but because I want to read about it.)With Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi recently starting up their own studio, hopefully this means there will be more to look forward to from them in the near future. http://www.sciencesaru.com http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.catsuka.com/news/2014-06-17/science-saru-nouveau-studio-par-masaaki-yuasa-et-eunyoung-choi--plus-opening-d-adventure-time-facon-food-chain |
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| Bravo. The cinematography, the sound, the story, the characters. All spectacular. This was my favorite show this season. I'm so glad I gave it a chance way back in episode one. I love how the big final wasn't the primary focus because it was never meant to be; there was something much deeper going on. I also loved Smile breaking through his robot shell and showing that he is human---that he also has blood like everyone else. Blood that tastes like iron. For the sake of giving a quantifiable opinion: 9.5/10 |
| Not a single faltering step. Perfect play, Ping Pong. |
| Really inspiring and good series. Love the character development. And of course, the OSTs are cool too. Nice to watch an awesome show that leaves you with a good and refreshing feeling. |
| AOTY |
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| Loved this moment. |
| If someone grabs a dictionary and checks the word "Perfect", they'll find both this show and this episode associated. Yuasa has already accustomed us to masterpieces, and this one is probably my favorite so far. And I'm really going to miss both the series and, what were, some of the most well developed characters I've seen. 10/10 and AOTY for sure. |
| A wonderful ending, though one change that made me sort of sad was |
| I can't think of a single thing I could really criticize about this show. It was quite the experience seeing how all these characters came together and found themselves through a simple table tennis game and how things became clearer and more framed as the series progressed. What a hidden gem. |
| oh god Oh Godddddd im just thankful that i watched this anime that i tried watching the first ep and kept watching and didnt give a damn about the art/animation wtvr this is masterpiece i enjoyed every bit of this masterpiece srsly there wasnt even a moment where i was bored while watching this anime even the ending was perfect this whole anime is just pure perfection odg 10/10. masterpiece. into my fav list. yodsanklai said: Loved this moment. |
| beautiful series |
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| That was one hell of a show. Why did it have to end!? It was just plain cool. |
| Yup, I think this pretty much seals AOTY. Outstanding from beginning to end. |
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